“Maybe she’d come over, we’d write a song, then my next move would be to ask her to dinner.” But the writing session went so successfully, Kelley decided not to mess things up by pursuing a romantic relationship. “Now, it’s like brothers and sisters,” he says. “It’d be kind of gross.”

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Those retouched album covers at Photocrap are a real hoot! The Emily West cover is by far my favorite and all the album titles prove the person doing them has good taste in country music! (lol)

I’m not sure any candidate would want an endorsement from John Rich, but McCain needs all the publicity he can get these days…

The “Dressing Kellie Pickler” page is perfectly targeted at the new core of airhead country fans, young girls. The “Jamey Johnson at the pool table” coloring website was at least geared towards adults and a whole lotta fun.

I expected to hate the song but looked passed my personal preferences on politics and listened to it. For pure campaign purposes the song works. And I kind of liked it (sad but true). That being said, I hardly think I’ll be “Rockin’ it on my ipod”

Fair enough, Matt B, but it just didn’t work for me. I didn’t even consider politics when I listened to it and I still didn’t like it. I actually thought it was rather bland. I listened to it, but I can’t even remember the melody anymore. Furthermore, the lyrics are kind of dumb: “We’re all just raisin’ McCain/You can get on the Train or get out of the way/We’re all just raisin’ McCain.” And what’s an American guitar anyway?

Speaking of Carrie Rodriguez, I’m seeing her perform tomorrow night at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in the People’s Republic of Santa Monica. Her husband will be performing with her and his name is Javier Vercher, so is he related to the Brady & Brody founders of The 9513? Hmmm….

The Obama campaign song by Ludacris was far more honest and catchy and should not have been dissed by the Obama folks….

BIG News! Miley has been kicking Sugarland’s tush at the cash registers! Read all about it:

Sugarland’s sales have been fantastic though and its nice someone, anyone has displaced Taylor Swift from the # 1 country slot for at least a little while. Becuase “All I Want To Do-Ooo-Ooo-Ooo-Ooo-Ooo” has a huge airhead country appeal factor rating, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of young girls bought both CDs while shopping with Mom at Target…

Rick, I’m not surprised that Miley won that race. I went to my local music store yesterday and Miley’s CD was sitting at number one and Sugarland’s CD was nowhere to be found in the store…and it wasn’t because it was sold out. I know my area’s not big on country music, but that was a surprise.

Speaking of feeling jacked by my local music store – the prices were crazy. I just wanted some new stuff. Is there a Netflix for music?

I wonder if John R. knows that John McCain is cool with civil unions…? ;)

Quote to sum up the week at 9513: “I was born country in the USA” ~ Chris N.

Rick
August 1, 2008 at 7:46 pm

Trailer, at first I thought you were referring to Miley Cyrus’ sales figures for “Breakout”! (lol)

The revised captions on those album titles are a scream precisely because they are so informed. They say the best humor is rooted in the truth, and I think you’ve nailed it on those album covers. In spite of how shallow most (not all) mainstream country music is these days the artists themselves and their dedicated fans seem to take it far too seriously as if its really significant somehow. Intelligent humor used to be a mainstay of country music with artists like Roger Miller and Bobby Bare. Now we get Brad Paisley singing cute and trite little ditties that seem thematically repetitive. Thank you for returning some quality humor to the realm of mainstream country music!

Rick
August 1, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Lynn, I was writing my previous post when you posted yours, so I didn’t mean to ignore you.

As for Miley vs. Sugarland, I was really surprised this week when last Sunday’s “Best Buy” advertisement did not list Miley’s album at all while Sugarland’s album was featured. Maybe they were sold out of Miley! Miley’s tween and younger fan base from Hannah Montana will buy her CDs just because she’s Miley without consideration to the quality of the music. At least the Sugarland purchasers got something worth listening to….

For moderate CD prices ebay, half.com, and the independent sellers at Amazon.com are good places to comparison shop online, but watch out for the shipping prices! I’m surrounded by retailers like Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and F.Y.E. and they often offer new releases for bargain prices the first few days of release. Only having to pay $ 7 to $ 10 for a newly released CD from a nearby outlet is always fun!

Paul W Dennis
August 2, 2008 at 7:22 am

Don’t get wound up about any celebrity endorsements. Ultimately show business endorsements are of very little importance in swaying elections results. Most American’s live in the “real” world and quite aware that the “real” world is a place rarely visited by most high profile persons in the entertainment business.

Barbara Streisand, Tom Selleck, Tim McGraw, John Rich and the Dixie Chicks can endorse whomever they wish, it simply won’t make any difference to the final election results. The American people are too smart for that – they will look at the candidates, consider how the candidates positions square with their own beliefs, and vote accordingly.

Want proof ? Go back over the historical record and you’ll find that the great majority of entertainment celebrities endorse Democrats yet the actual election results are a mixed bag of Democratic and Republican victories